Display card for drapery hooks



Nov. 28 1939. c TE 2,181,216

DISPLAY CARD FOR DRAPERY HOOKS Filed Jan. 18, 1936 Patented Nov. 28, 1939 UNITED STATES 2,181,216 DISPLAY oAmJ- FOR DRAPERY HOOKS.

Christopher Tate, Malden, Mass, assignor to H. Tate Company, Boston, Mass, a corporation of Massachusetts Application January 18, 1936,'Serial No. 59,709

3 Claims. (01. 206-49) 3 This invention relates to a display card for drapery hooks 'in' combination with such hooks removably attached thereto. The card is intended for use in supporting and displaying dra- 5 pery'hooks of the type consisting of a piece of wire bent into U shape, one of the arms of the U 1 having an extension bent back against the outer side thereof so that the entire hook has a modifled S shape, two portions of the 8 being actually or substantially incontact with each other.

It is an object of the invention to provide a display card having a suitable number of such hooks removably held in a comparatively small space,- the pointed ends of the hooks being suitably protected by tabs or ears preferably struck up from the card itself. l For a more complete understanding of the invention, reference may be had to the description of certain embodiments thereof and to the draw- .2 ing of Which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of'a card having a plurality .of cars struck up therefrom, a plurality of drapery hooks being removably attached to one of the ears. as Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1. Figure 3 is a fragmentary view of a card with hooks. thereon, this card having a modified form of tab.

Figures 4, 5 and 6 are fragmentary perspec- 30 tive views of cards showing other modifications. As indicated in Figure 2, the type of drapery hook, for which the cards illustrated on the drawing are designed, consists of a piece of wire l0 bent into a U shape having arms II and I2. The 35 arm 12 is provided with an extension l3 which is bent back sharply as at I4 so that the end l5 extends beyond the base of the U. The extension I3 is a portion in actual or substantial contact with a portion of the arm I2, so that, when the hook is o ..attached to draperies, some of the fabric may be pinched'between the arm l2 and its extension l3 to prevent accidental removal of the hook from the drapery. The end l5 of the extension I3 is preferably tapered to a sharp point to facilitate 45 the piercing'of draperies to which the hook is applied, the end of the arm H being preferably blunt. It is desirable to protect the user against possible injury from the sharp point. 15 as well as to support the hooks removably on the display 50 card. To this end, a display card may be pro- I vided with one ormore tabs or ears 22 struck up therefrom. Each ear 22 is preferably formed with an aperture 24, this aperture being formed either by cutting out a portion of the card or by cutting 55 the ear 22 in such a manner that a tongue 26 remains in the plane of the card when the ear 22 is bent up. The hooks ID are readily mounted on the card 20 by pushing a hook along the surface of the card in such a manner that an ear '22 en- 7 ters between the arm l2 and the extension l3. '5' The book is then pushed along until the engaging portions of the arm l2 and its extension register with the aperture 24. The length of the ear 22 is such as to extend ashort distance beyond the pointed end. l5 when the arm and ex- 1 tension'portionsengage. each other through the aperture 24. As is evident from Figure 2, the pointed end I5lies close to the ear 22 and is guarded by an end portion thereof, the hook being held in place on the card by the engagement of portions of the arm l2 and the extension l3 through the aperture 24. An ear '22 may be provided for each individual hook |0,'but,-in order to mount a given number of hooks on a card of relatively small size, it is preferred to mount two 20 or more hooks on a single ear 22 by superimposing the pins upon one another so as to be disposed in planes parallel to that of the card. Thus, as illustrated in Figure 1, a dozen hooks may be accommodated by six ears 22. It is evident that, if preferred, a card may be provided having four ears each ofv which "is adapted to accommodate three books. Thus considerable numbers of hooks may be supplied on a single card without the use of cards oflarge size. g 30 Various other forms of tabs or ears may be employed, some of these forms being shown by way of illustration in Figures 3 to 6 inclusive. Figure 3 shows a card having simple tabs or ears 30 which are adapted to be pinched between the arms l2 and the extension I3 of the hooks l0. Figure 4 shows a somewhat similar ear 32 having a small aperture 34 near one end thereof. The extensions I3 are threaded through apertures 34 when the hooks are mounted on the card, the pointed ends [5 lying adjacent to and being guarded by the opposite ends of the ears. The use of apertures 34 provides a positive detent which tends to prevent accidental loss of a hook from the card in case the ear 32 is not pinched with sufiicient firmness between the arm l2 and its extension 13.

Figure 5 shows a card having a pair of struck- I up ears for each set of hooks, one car being employed to hold the hooks in position and the other ear element being employed to guard the pointed I ends I5 of the hooks. As shown, each ear illustrated in Figure 5 may be formed by cutting in the card theoutline of a rectangular tab to be bent up from thecard. A pair of parallel cuts are then made to extend perpendicularly across the line of bend to define a strip which is integral with the card. When the ear 4!] is then bent up from the plane of the card, the strip defined by the parallel cuts is also bent out of the plane of the card and forms an auxiliary ear 42 and a bridging element 44 which connects the tab 42 with the ears 40. If these elements are properly bent on the desired lines of fold, the ears 4!] and 42 are in parallel planes and the ear 40 is provided with an aperture equal in area to the ear 42. As shown in Figure 5, ears of this type afford a high degree of safety in guarding the points of hooks which are mounted on the card in such a manner that the end portions of the extensions l3 project through the aperture in the car 40. This aperture is preferably made of such a size that its sides are engaged by the extensions l3 of the hooks so that the end portions of the extensions i3 are thus positively held against lateral movement. Thus the ears 48 help materially in holding the hooks in place on the card. Since the ear 42 is alined with the aperturein the ear ll), the pointed ends of the hooks are held opposite the mid-line of the ears 52 so that they are elTectively guarded by the ear 42. The hooks may be attached to the card by any suitable form of ear such as those illustrated in Figures 1, 3 or 4. As shown in Figure 5, an ear similar to that used in guarding the pointed ends may be employed for holding the hooks onthe card. To this end, a holding ear may be struck up from the card at a suitable distance from the ear 40, the ear 50 being turned so that the extensions l3 of the hooks may be thrust between the ear 50 and the auxiliary ear'52. Thus the extensions 13 and arms l3 may engage eachother above the ear 50, or, if preferred, through the aperture in the ear 50. 1

Figure 6 shows another modification of the invention consisting of a pair of separate ears for each set of hooks, each pair of ears comprising an upper ear Ell which is apertured as at 62 to receive the end portions of the extensions [3 of the hooks, and a lower ear 65 which is apertured as at 66 to receive the bends l4 between the extensions l3 and the arms I 2. The manner in which the ears 6!] and 65 operate to hold the hooks in place on the card and to guard the pointed ends l5 thereof is evident from an inspection of Figure 6.

It is evident that various modifications and changes may be made in the embodiments of the invention herein shown and described without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as defined in the following claims.

I claim:

1. A display card for drapery hooks, and a plurality of drapery hooks removably attached thereto, said hooks each consisting of a strip of Wire bent to a U shape, one arm of the U having an extension bent back against the outer edge of said arm and pointed at its end, said card having tabs struck up therefrom engaged by said bent-back extensions and adjacent arms to hold the hooks in place, said hooks being disposed with their pointed ends adjacent to and guarded by said tabs.

2. A display card for drapery hooks, and a plurality of drapery hooks removably attached thereto, said hooks each consisting of a strip of wire bent to a U shape, one arm of the U having an extension bent back against the outer edge of said arm and pointed at its end, said card having tabs struck up therefrom for holding engagement by said hooks, each said tab having an aperture so arranged that, when the hook is mounted on the card with said extension disposed on one side of a tab and the adjacent armof the hook on the other side of the tab, portions of said extension and arm may engage each otherthrough said aperture.

3. A display card having tabs struck up therefrom, and a plurality of drapery hooks removably attached to each said tab, said hooks each consisting of a piece of wire bent into U shape with a bent-back extension on one arm of the U having its end pointed, said tabs being disposed between said arms and their bent-back extensions and having portions extending beyond s'aid pointed ends for protection thereof, the hooks on any one tab overlying each other in planes parallel to the plane of the card.

, CHRISTOPHER TATE. 

